From the further digging I did here and here, this is a Win 11 22H2 and up exclusive issue.
As you've already said, the file just stores info of every single time an App permission in the Windows Settings > Privacy tab is called.
In relation to Rainmeter, this can also happen on the AudioLevel measure when you have Port=Input, so it's not just the WifiStatus measure/plugin that dose this.
In relation to other apps, you can trigger this exact same thing by being in a Zoom call at work, you'll probably not be in a Zoom call for 8 hours a day... hopefully... but you can trigger the same thing with other apps, hell, if you gave Firefox permissions to use your location on Google Maps, same thing, just don't nap after you open that tab.
I don't think there's anything the Rainmeter devs can do, since this is a Windows problem and not a Rainmeter one, WlanQueryInterface which Rainemter uses to get the info has no toggle to turn this off.
As for the skin, you should be good by just changing the Update=10 inside the skin to Update=1000 to make it update every second (or higher, 1000ms is 1 second) to have the file bloat less.
You should have luck turning it off from registries, check this blog post here, EnabledByUser and EnabledOnEdition look promising to turn off. The reg key isIf the registries don't work after you change them, your best last option is probably creating a Task Scheduler run as Administrator that runs to just delete the file every hour.
As you've already said, the file just stores info of every single time an App permission in the Windows Settings > Privacy tab is called.
In relation to Rainmeter, this can also happen on the AudioLevel measure when you have Port=Input, so it's not just the WifiStatus measure/plugin that dose this.
In relation to other apps, you can trigger this exact same thing by being in a Zoom call at work, you'll probably not be in a Zoom call for 8 hours a day... hopefully... but you can trigger the same thing with other apps, hell, if you gave Firefox permissions to use your location on Google Maps, same thing, just don't nap after you open that tab.
I don't think there's anything the Rainmeter devs can do, since this is a Windows problem and not a Rainmeter one, WlanQueryInterface which Rainemter uses to get the info has no toggle to turn this off.
As for the skin, you should be good by just changing the Update=10 inside the skin to Update=1000 to make it update every second (or higher, 1000ms is 1 second) to have the file bloat less.
You should have luck turning it off from registries, check this blog post here, EnabledByUser and EnabledOnEdition look promising to turn off. The reg key is
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\CapabilityUsageHistoryCode:
del C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager\CapabilityAccessManager.db-walStatistics: Posted by Jeff — Today, 7:21 am